Pearl Harbor short film returns to State Theater
A color news reel about Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field will be shown tomorrow at the State Theater as part of a program featuring Movietone News. The article also notes the All-College Dance hosted by the Panhandle Club of Texas University at the Natatorium and lists many social attendees and couples at local gatherings.
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Pearl Harbor
Hickam Field
Ox Movietone
Hawaii
Panhandle Club of
Texas University
More McLemore on Santa Anita and defense bonds
Henry McLemore riffs on Santa Anita not opening and horse track owners, praising organizers while touching on his own ties to the track. He jokes about the publicist, reflects on betting, and proposes replacing race bets with defense stamps and bonds to avoid the risks of a photo finish.
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Henry McLemore
New York
Santa Anita
Charles Strub
Fred Purner
Purner
San Francisco
Seabiscuit
Clay
Alf Vanderbilt
Pimlico
Tout
Toutesse
Uncle Sam
War operations and alliance moves reported abroad
A year ago British bombers conducted widespread raids in Germany Italy France and Belgium. Italy signed a treaty with Slovakia. The submarine Swordfish was reported lost by the British admiralty. Marshal Graziani briefed Mussolini on Italian actions in Egypt and Libya.
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United Press
Germany
Italy
France
Belgium
Slovakia
Rodolfo Graziani
Benito Mussolini
Egypt
Libya
Oun
Four fifths of humanity on our side say Churchill
The wartime quotation notes Churchill claiming broad support and defines victory as the primary objective. It also cites the America First Committee dissolution statement asserting, in effect, that victory remains the central aim.
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Winston Churchill
America First Committee
Capital war economics foreshadowed by Mallon
Paul Mallon argues that war life will shift within 60 days with shortages in tea pepper soap and tin cans while meats vegetables cigarettes remain plentiful though pricier. Autos limited, used cars rise, wood plastic and glass containers favored, and civilian life adapts to metal and resource cuts as defense spending surges toward 130 to 150 billion dollars by 1943.
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Washington
Bolivia
Far East
U. S
Defense
Treasury
LOANS Plea Ze Horizontal 1 6 Pictured English actor
Puzzle clues list with multiple across and down entries covering topics from actors to directions and measurements.Hints include common crossword style definitions and abbreviations for places, actions, and objects. The grid references suggest a standard word square or crossword format with numerous short answers.
Origins of the war echo through public schools
Dorothy Thompson argues the presidents war message should spark classroom debate after Christmas. She links modern aggression to German and Japanese imperialism, urging geography teaching, and notes Roosevelt rightly refused to meet Tojo. She warns democracy must arm when peril rises and highlights parallels between Nazism and Japanese samurai ideals.
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Dorothy Thompson
Congress
United States
Japan
Germany
Britain
France
Europe
China
East
Asia
Prussia
Korea
Port Arthur
Italy
Teutonic Knights
Hitler
Roosevelt
Chamberlain
Tojo
High Seas
Hollywood film plans adapt to war with day work ban
Studios will stop night filming indoors and outdoors, shifting to 8 AM to 5 PM hours to avoid blackout risk. Visitor limits, fingerprinting ideas, afternoon previews, and stricter press access emerge. Central Casting seeks efficiency to keep lines open during blackouts as many crew enter military service.
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Hollywood
Central Casting Corp
Charles R. Moore
United Press
Central
War signs sprout in San Francisco amid city’s wartime glow
Rambing with Ernie Pyle notes gradual wartime changes in San Francisco. Sand bags appear around the telephone building, blackout practices rise, neon signs dim, Chinatown stores close, and mood shifts as officials urge business as usual. American flags fly from tall buildings while sound detectors dot hilltops and spy on the docks.
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Ernie Pyle
San Francisco
Ray
Chinatown
London
Embarcadero
England
Answers to Cracker Questions on Editorial Page One
U S troops will guard bauxite mines in Dutch Guiana and aluminum is produced from bauxite ore. The Netherlands occupy a group of islands called the Dutch West Indies including Curacao Aruba Bonaire and several Leeward Isles near Martinique. French Guiana lies east of Dutch Guiana in South America and is part of French West Africa. Surinam is another name for Dutch Guiana.
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U. S
Dutch Guiana
Netherlands
Dutch West Indies
Venezuela
Curacao
Aruba
Bonaire
Leeward
Martinique
French Guiana
French West Africa
Surinam
Thoughts on Two Opinions and a Doubtful Throne
A compact sutured quotation meditation contrasting indecision and political doubt. Likely a literary aside from a periodical, invoking biblical and poetic lines to frame a debate about allegiance and stability.
How to meet an important man by doing him a favor
A. W. Smith of Camden Arkansas learns a lesson in influence by arranging a minor favor for a busy executive at a National Contractors Association convention. The anecdote compares Smith with Benjamin Franklin, who used a personalized gift to attract attention.
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A. W. Smith
Darnell Street
Camden, Ark
Mr. Smith
National Contractors’ Association
Houston
Mr Big
Mr Smith
Mr. Big
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Airpower and the duty of constructive criticism in war
In this wartime column Major as Williams urges citizens to curb harmful rumors while defending free speech. He compares British wartime candor to American vigilance, stresses accountability for mismanagement, and calls for targeted criticism to improve war efforts without aiding the enemy.
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AS Williams
Pacific
Lloyd George
England
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Guam
Philippines
Air Corps
Hawaii
United States
U.S. Navy
Collier's Magazine
Royal Air Force
U. S
Jutland
Skagerrak
Congress
Sister Kenny Profile Spurs Medical Reform Debate
A profile of Sister Elizabeth Kenny portrays her unorthodox poliomyelitis treatment gaining international attention. After 30 years her methods gain cautious medical endorsement and are being trialed in Australia and the United States, with Mayo Clinic reporting 55 percent success in treated cases.
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United Press
Elizabeth Kenny
Journal of the American Medical Association
Sister Kenny
Kenny
Townville
Australia
United States
Mayo Clinic
University of Minsota
Minneapolis General Hospital
Mayo
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